Meat processing plants in Minnesota

Minnesota has 47 meat processors in EPA records, facilities that list codes for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The most are in Willmar, Austin and Long Prairie. That is 3% of the 1,589 such facilities nationwide, and Minnesota ranks #13 of 46 states.

Product: Meat processing plants
Facilities: 47
State rank: #13
NAICS: 311611 and 3 related codes
Revised: November 1, 2026

Facilities in Minnesota

These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The 40 shown first are the ones with the most EPA program records, which usually means the larger sites.

Facility	City	What EPA lists
Hormel Foods Corp - Austin Plant	Austin	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
JBS Worthington Mn	Worthington	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Sanimax	South Saint Paul	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp	Albert Lea	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Cold Springs Processing Plant Gold'n Plump Poultry Inc	Cold Spring	Poultry Processing
Central Bi-Products - Long Prairie Facility	Long Prairie	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Darling International Inc - Blue Earth	Blue Earth	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Gold'n Plump Farms LLC - Sauk Rapids Feed Mill	Sauk Rapids	Poultry Processing
Jowct, Inc.	Pelican Rapids	Poultry Processing
M.g. Waldbaum Company - Gaylord	Gaylord	Poultry Processing
Pm Windom	Windom	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Reconserve Of Minnesota Inc	Rosemount	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Smithfield	Saint James	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Ventura Foods LLC - Albert Lea	Albert Lea	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Brakebush Wells	Wells	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Central Bi-Products	Redwood Falls	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Christensen Family Farms	Sleepy Eye	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Dan's Prize, Inc.	Browerville	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Dans Prize	Long Prairie	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Ellison Meat Co	Pipestone	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Glacial Plains Cooperative - Degraff	De Graff	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Gold'n Plump Sauk Rapids	Sauk Rapids	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Golden Oval	Renville	Poultry Processing
Hormel Foods Corp Corporate Office North	Austin	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Jennie O Turkey Store Atwater Feedmill	Atwater	Poultry Processing
Jennie-O Foods Inc	Willmar	Poultry Processing
Jennie-O Melrose	Melrose	Poultry Processing
Jennie-O Turkey Store - Willmar	Willmar	Poultry Processing
Jennie-O Turkey Store - Willmar Ave Plant	Willmar	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Jennie-O Turkey Store Inc	Faribault	Poultry Processing
Jennie-O Turkey Store, Melrose East	Melrose	Poultry Processing
Jennie-O Turkey Store, Montevideo	Montevideo	Poultry Processing
Legacy Turkey	Melrose	Poultry Processing
Link Snacks Inc	Mankato	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Lol/farmland Feeds	Willmar	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Long Prairie Packing Co	Long Prairie	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Milton G Waldbaum Co	Gaylord	Poultry Processing
Monogram Meat Snacks LLC	Chandler	Meat Processed from Carcasses
North Star Foods Inc.	St. Charles	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Northern Pride, Inc.	Thief River Falls	Poultry Processing

Industry codes are reported by facilities to EPA programs and are not checked here. A few listings may be repair shops, distributors or recyclers. How these records work.